https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=99696 Confiscation of a hired public taxi and penalty on its driver were unsustainable where the vehicle was ordinarily available for hire and no material showed knowledge or reasonable belief that the goods carried were smuggled. The driver could not realistically be expected to inspect passenger luggage or verify the legal character of the goods absent any suspicious circumstance. In the absence of evidence that the owner or driver knew of the smuggled nature of the fabrics, the confiscation and personal penalty failed. The impugned order was set aside and relief followed for the appellants. en-us Mon, 06 Dec 1999 00:00:00 +0530 Sat, 28 Jan 2012 13:07:15 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=99696 Confiscation of a hired public taxi and penalty on its driver were unsustainable where the vehicle was ordinarily available for hire and no material showed knowledge or reasonable belief that the goods carried were smuggled. The driver could not realistically be expected to inspect passenger luggage or verify the legal character of the goods absent any suspicious circumstance. In the absence of evidence that the owner or driver knew of the smuggled nature of the fabrics, the confiscation and personal penalty failed. The impugned order was set aside and relief followed for the appellants. Case-Laws Customs Mon, 06 Dec 1999 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=99696